And if the draft had been in place, I think this nonsense of a war in Iraq would have never started, and if it did, it would not have lasted this long.
This worked in Vietnam.
Seriously though, blaming our woes in the middle east on this idea that soldiers took the job for survival reasons is bogus. The major problem lies in the illusion that the US can easily rebuild a war-torn nation like Iraq, just because we did it after WWII with Germany and Japan, countries which were under completely different circumstances. Reinstating the draft solves nothing.
Anyway, the parent was not even talking about wartime drafts, but this required community service being pushed. It may be a good thing, but I simply don't believe altruism should be mandated by government.
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